437 / 864
14
As far as the supplemental transportation funding is concerned, only school districts whose rider
density (the number of students per square mile of the district) is below 35 are considered eligible.
For the calculation of this fund the positive difference between 35 and the district rider density is
multiplied by the per‐mile based funding of the district times 0.55. A comprehensive and detailed
worksheet of the transportation calculation is now provided with the
SFPR
for each payment of the
fiscal year.
H.
Special Education Additional Funding [Section 3317.022(A)(3) and Section 3317.013(A) to (F)]
This funding provides additional state support for students who have special needs. This is basically
the same concept as the weighted funding that the state had in place in previous years except that
instead of weights there are now per‐pupil amounts applied to different special needs categories.
Students with various handicapping conditions are grouped into 6 categories for funding purposes
with a per‐pupil amount assigned to each category. The categories and their respective per‐pupil
amounts in FY16 are as follows:
1.
Category 1 with the per‐pupil amount of $1,547 is comprised of:
Speech Only Students
2.
Category 2 with the per‐pupil amount of $3,926 is comprised of:
Specific Learning Disabled Students
Developmentally Disabled Students
Students with Other Health Impairments (minor)
3.
Category 3 with the per‐pupil amount of $9,433 is comprised of:
Hearing Disabled Students
Severe Behavior Disabled Students
4.
Category 4 with the per‐pupil amount of $12,589 is comprised of:
Visually Impaired Students
Students with Other Health Impairments (major)
5.
Category 5 with the per‐pupil amount of $17,049 is comprised of:
Orthopedic Disabled Students
Students with Multiple Disabilities
6.
Category 6 with the per‐pupil amount of $25,134 is comprised of:
Autistic Students
Deaf/Blind Students
Traumatic Brain Injured Students
Funding for special education students is equalized by means of the state share index. Expressed in
mathematical terms the funding calculation amounts to:
[(Category 1 ADM) X $1,547 X (State Share Index)] +
[(Category 2 ADM) X $3,926 X (State Share Index)] +
[(Category 3 ADM) X $9,433 X (State Share Index)] +
[(Category 4 ADM) X $12,589 X (State Share Index)] +
[(Category 5 ADM) X $17,049 X (State Share Index)] +
[(Category 6 ADM) X $25,134 X (State Share Index)]